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The Legend Continues, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League - Philippines is Back for a Third Season

BY WHATSHAPPENINGPublished · Friday, March 01, 2019 11:21 AM

MANILA, Philippines—The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League - Philippines Season 2, the first and biggest professional league for Mobile Legends: Bang Bangin the Philippines, returns for an exciting third season! The announcement of the new MPL-PH season follows the exciting conclusion of the league’s second season where the underdogs, Cignal Ultra managed to take down tournament favorites, BREN Esports.

The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League-Philippines Season 3 will be a weekly MLBB tournament for the best players all across the Philippines. The league features a massive USD 100,000 prize pool with the overall champion taking home the largest cut of the pot, USD 25,000.

The league would not be possible without the express cooperation of Smart as the official Legend sponsor along with Game.ly serving as the league’s Epic sponsor. To add to that,Facebook Gaming will be the exclusive streaming platform. Dxracer and HyperX have also committed to supporting the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines Season 3.

TEAMS DIRECTLY INVITED

Cignal Ultra

BREN Esports

SG Dragons (formerly Finesse Solid)

Evos PH (formerly SXC Imba)

Aether Atlas (formerly Aether Main)

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TEAMS FROM MAIN QUALIFIER

No Limit

Finesse Phoenix

Arkangel (formerly ArkAngel Wicked Minds)

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Season 3 of MPL-PH will feature the top six teams from the league’s second season along with four new teams that have weathered the storm of the open and main qualifier stages. In addition, the teams will receive salaries each week during the entirety of the group stage. The player that will prove to be legendary even among legends will receive the Regular Season MVP title along with a hefty cash bonus. There’s more to the league at stake than simply fighting for a slot in the tournament’s grand finals.

PRIZE POOL BREAKDOWN

Champion: USD 25,000

1st Runner Up: USD 13,000

2nd Runner Up: USD 6,000

3rd Runner Up: USD 4,000

4th and 5th Runners Up: USD 2,000 each

6th and 7th Runners Up: USD 1,000 each

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

February 16-17, 2019:Open Qualifiers

February 23-24, 2019:Main Qualifier

March 23, 2019 – May 5, 2019:Regular Season

TBA Date & Venue:Grand Finals

Moreover, the valiant warriors that make it to the grand finals will have one more goal to fight for: the tournament’s two best teams will advance to the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup 2019 (MSC-2019). MSC-2019 will be held in the Philippines following the conclusion of MPL-PH Season 3. The international tournament will feature the best teams from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

The MPL-PH Season 3 regular season will officially kick off on March 23, 2019. The matches will commence each week up until May 5, 2019, until only those worthy of the grand finals remain. It took a lot of skill to make it to the regular season, but the grand finals is an entirely different matter. There will only be legends remaining in the ultimate conflict of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines Season 3.

The entirety of the league will be streamed live on Facebook Gaming, the official live streaming platform of the MPL-PH Season 3.